Digital Associate Director

**Digital Associate Director**
- (Implementation & Activation Associate Director - Performance)_

**ABOUT WPP AND WAVEMAKER**

**WPP** is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

**WPP Media** is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth.

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role, it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

- ** Be Extraordinary** - Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
- ** Create an Open Environment** - Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
- ** Lead Optimistically** - Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

A leading WPP Media Brand, **Wavemaker** positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content, and technology. Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster, together.

**ROLE OUTLINE**

The **Implementation & Activation Associate Director** is an emerging leadership role, overseeing operational excellence and responsible for all day-to-day output that delivers effective campaigns, ensuring best-in-class consistent implementation, optimisation, and reporting.

Working very closely with your Director, you will:

- Produce best-in-class solutions
- Offer unparalleled service
- Deliver against targets

**What Makes You Great**
- You feel empowered to bring your authentic self to work and contribute to great teamwork, knowing your individual ideas and thoughts will be welcome.
- Keen interest in our industry and excited to work with market-leading partners & technologies.
- Inquisitive and demonstrates desire to understand and know more.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritise tasks effectively, ensuring that the most important and urgent ones are identified and addressed first.
- Problem-solving mentality.
- Clear communicator.
- Results-driven with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.

**What Success Looks Like**

**In 3 months**:

- Established collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders.
- A strong understanding of and can clearly articulate the agency and group proposition, core processes and our way of working.
- Immersed yourself in the team with an understanding of the status of all active and upcoming campaigns.

**In 6 months**:

- Demonstrated your ability to deliver on all aspects of the role in an efficient, effective, and proactive way.
- Owning the processes for specific allocated clients/campaigns from end to end, ensuring that your manager and wider team are regularly updated on the performance of each campaign and demonstrating excellent attention to detail.
- Strengthened your key stakeholder relationships to deliver great teamwork consistently.

**In 12 months**:

- Taking on greater ownership for campaigns and clients - responsibility and volume.
- Building strong relationships with publishers, representing the agency team appropriately and ensuring that campaigns are delivered to the highest quality.

**Diversity & Inclusion Commitment**

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe that diversity is vital and positively influences the environment in which we operate. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status have no bearing on our hiring decisions and we encourage all applicants.

We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity - it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

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